2015 ANCE Report – Gentiloni, Farnesina and government help enterprise with foreign investment opportunities
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian government are helping Italian businesses take advantage of foreign investment opportunities, as foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni pointed out in a speech at the presentation of the 2015 Report by ANCE (the Italian national builders association) today at the Farnesina. Present also were Under Secretary […]
Read moreBusiness, Valensise: Growing interface between central administrations and foreign diplomatic network
“There is a growing interface between the central administrations and the precious foreign network we rely on”, Farnesina Secretary General Ambassador Michele Valensise explained to Pei News in the margins of the presentation of the 2015 ANCE Report on the presence of Italian construction firms around the world. “When I speak of central administrations I […]
Read moreRelaunch of “Invest Your Talent in Italy”
The Directorate General for Country Promotion, in collaboration with Italian Trade Agency ICE, Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Uni-Italia, has relaunched the “Invest Your Talent in Italy” programme, an instrument aimed at supporting internationalisation strategies by utilising foreign talents trained in Italy in skills in business operational sectors. Promotion A promotional campaign has been […]
Read moreBrazil, Italy participates in Offshore Technology Conference
A group of Italian firms will be participating in the upcoming edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Brasil 2015, a forum for exchanging ideas and opinions on offshore resources and environmental issues to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 27 to 29 October. The Italo-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rio will […]
Read more“Cinema Sundays” returns to Lisbon with Monicelli
The Sunday screening of Italian films returned to Lisbon on 4 October with the screening of Mario Monicelli’s “I soliti ignoti”. This edition of “Cinema Sundays” is the 9th of an initiative organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with the Il Sorpasso Association and will continue to December with another 5 screenings. Read […]
Read moreCastellitto and Mazzantini in Israel for Haifa Festival
Sergio Castellitto and Margaret Mazzantini flew to Israel to present the film “Nessuno si salva da solo” at the Haifa International Film Festival, where Italy was represented this year by nine films. Present at the screening were Italian ambassador Francesco Maria Talò and Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav. The event was organised in collaboration with […]
Read moreMadrid celebrates Orlando Furioso with exhibit and performance
Madrid celebrates the 500th anniversary of the first edition of Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto with an exhibition and a theatrical performance. The exhibit of various editions of the book and selected drawings and etchings, entitled “El furioso en la Bne, una selecion”, opens Tuesday at the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana. The Italian Cultural Institute […]
Read moreBucharest – Italian shows at the Children’s Theatre Festival
From 3 to 10 October, Bucharest’s Ion Creanga Theatre will present the 11th International Children’s Theatre Festival entitled “100, 1.000, 1.000.000 tales”. The Italian theatres La Baracca Testoni Ragazzi, Teatro Prova, Antonio Panzuto, TAM Teatromusica and Principio Attivo will join those of other countries in presenting their performances. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreChile – Special year for Italian Language Week
The 2015 edition of Italian Language Week in Chile will be a special one, given that is falls within the broader framework of the Year of Italy in Latin America. The Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago has joined our embassy in Chile, the Chilean national library and Dibam in organizing a series of encounters with […]
Read moreBrazil – Exhibition on Leonardo Da Vinci sold out
The recently concluded second leg in Brasilia of the exhibition entitled “Leonardo: the nature of invention” scored a big success, with over 30,000 visitors, while its first stop in Sao Paulo registered a full 270,000. On display were more than 40 replicas of the artist’s inventions and 10 interactive installations, all of which were created […]
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